Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 2 Visit ()

Huo Yingdong saw through everything about Lu Shaohua. What else could Lu Shaohua say? He could only say "old people are always wiser". He felt discouraged. Lu Shaohua had not intended to hide it from Huo Yingdong, but who would have thought that Huo Yingdong could see through the matter so thoroughly?

Lu Shaohua's real purpose was to accumulate political achievements for Lu Chang, but he didn't expect that Huo Yingdong would see through Lu Shaohua without even thinking about it. Lu Shaohua felt bad. He rolled his eyes and fell into deep thought. He couldn't figure out where Huo Yingdong was looking at him from and why he wouldn't give up.

As fate would have it, although Lu Shaohua was a reborn person and extremely smart, he had to give up in the end and took a deep breath and stopped thinking about the arsenic leak in that place.

He didn't want to think about it anymore, but that didn't stop Lu Shaohua from digging deeper. "Mr. Huo is indeed a person who eats more salt than I eat rice. You figured out something I did so secretly. It's really not simple!"

After saying that, Lu Shaohua did not wait for Huo Yingdong to speak and suddenly asked again, "Can you tell me how you figured it out?"

This was exactly Lu Shaohua's purpose. He went around in circles for a long time just to ask Ho Ying-tung how he figured it out.

Huo Yingdong took a look and saw that the latter was full of expectation. He smiled and then said, "This is not a simple matter. You specially introduced Mayor Zeng and your uncle to the people at Luohu Station, but you didn't introduce the deputy mayor in charge of economy. What does this prove? It proves that you arranged this reception for Mayor Zeng and your uncle!"

Huo Yingdong did not stop talking, but glanced at Lu Chang, as if asking Lu Chang, "I'm so direct, you won't introduce me, right?" Lu Chang naturally didn't mind the latter, and shook his head to indicate that he didn't mind. Originally, this was the plan they had discussed, and since it had been seen through, it was just put on the table.

Lu Chang thought that when facing a man like Ho Ying-Tong, it would be better to put everything on the table. It would be bad to hide it. In addition, now that his true intentions have been seen through, Lu Chang felt that it would be better to make everything clear.

Since Lu Chang didn't mind, Huo Yingdong had no scruples and continued, "Mayor Zeng must be your friend, and the deputy mayor is also your friend, but he is not familiar with you, so you didn't introduce him."

All of these words were said by Ho Ying-tung to Lu Shaohua, and they were also his own guesses. As to whether they were right or not, he would have to wait for Lu Shaohua to give his answer.

Lu Shaohua did not deny it but nodded in acknowledgement. Just as Ho Ying-tung said, Zeng Aimin was indeed one of their own. As for the deputy mayor in charge of the economy, Lu Shaohua did not know. However, one thing was certain, he was on Zeng Aimin's side, otherwise Zeng Aimin would not have brought him along for such a matter.

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua laughed bitterly, then said with some self-mockery, "It seems that I am a bit like Guan Gong waving a big sword in front of him."

It was only at this time that Lu Shaohua came to his senses. He was facing Huo Yingdong, an old man who had been in the business world for most of his life. It seemed a bit arrogant for him to think that he could deceive Huo Yingdong with his little tricks.

"You don't have to be like this. We all know our relationship. I'm speaking out today for my own reasons." After a pause, Ho Ying-Tong continued. "Shenzhen is a good place. It is not only one of the five major special economic zones in China, but also a city with an important geographical location. It is also connected to Hong Kong. It is our first choice for investment."

Lu Shaohua did not interrupt Ho Ying-tung because the advantages of Shenzhen that Ho Ying-tung mentioned happened to coincide with his own.

"To be honest, before I came to Shenzhen, I had already thought about finding a project to invest in, but I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, so I was still a little undecided." At this point, Huo Yingdong paused again before continuing. "But now I have decided to invest in Shenzhen. Oh! Do you know why I made this decision so suddenly?"

Lu Shaohua shook his head with a somewhat dull expression. Of course, the dull expression was pretended by Lu Shaohua. In fact, his mind was as clear as a mirror and he more or less guessed what made Ho Ying-tung make this decision.

"Haha!" Huo Yingdong laughed and pointed at Lu Shaohua. "Xiaohua, you are a little modest. I don't believe you didn't see it. Yes, he made up his mind for two main reasons. The first is because he saw your base, and the second is because of your uncle and Mayor Zeng."

"Oh! Why is that?" Lu Shaohua asked with a smile. In fact, he had already guessed that Huo Yingdong did not invest for these two reasons, but because his base was built in Shenzhen, the proportion of investment was slightly less. The real reason was because of Lu Chang and Mayor Zeng's relationship.

"Let me talk about the first reason first. When I first came in, I took a quick look at the area of ​​the base and found it to be a little scary. I'm afraid it's not just for manufacturing cars, right?" Ho Ying-tung stopped talking at that point, without revealing a deeper mystery. "As for the second reason! Everyone here understands that China is not Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, the rich are the boss, but China is different. Without certain official connections, it would be very difficult to develop here. Your uncle is the deputy director of the Merchants Group, and with Mayor Zeng, it would be quite convenient for us to invest here."

At this moment, Lu Shaohua really made a mistake. No, it was too much of a mistake. He underestimated the talent of Ho Ying-tung. He thought he was a reborn person and had advanced thinking about the future world that would make him one step ahead of others. But at this moment, he suddenly discovered that there were many people as smart as him.

Lu Shaohua was not the type of person who would always compete with others. When he found out that Ho Ying-tung was just as smart, he did not feel discouraged. On the contrary, he felt fortunate that Ho Ying-tung had shown him the truth that there is always someone better than you.

Having said that, Lu Chang could no longer remain silent, because this was a good opportunity to attract investment, how could he let it go? "I'll be generous and call you Uncle Huo. Uncle Huo, Mayor Zeng has already explained that for members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to invest in Shenzhen, all the preferential conditions will be given. Oh! As long as the conditions are allowed by the policy, there will be no problem."

Lu Chang had to emphasize that under the conditions that the policy allowed, he had deeply remembered Zeng Aimin's teachings since he came to Shenzhen to work as Zeng Aimin's secretary, that is, to serve the people and be an upright official. That is why Lu Chang had to emphasize that under the conditions that the policy allowed.

Huo Yingdong had been waiting for Lu Chang to say this for a long time. To expose Lu Shaohua's scheme, he was waiting for Lu Chang's seemingly insignificant promise! He laughed and said, "On behalf of Huo Yingdong Group, I would like to thank the Shenzhen Municipal Government. However, nothing has been decided yet. After all, I have made up my mind. Oh, investment will definitely be made. As for what to invest and how much to invest, this will have to wait until after the investigation before it can be truly decided."

The fact that Ho Ying-tung could say this has proved that he would invest in Shenzhen and that he has a project in mind. Yes, he already has a project in mind, but Ho Ying-tung is not only investing in one project, he also has other projects he wants to invest in, and the decision on the other projects will have to be made after investigation.

Lu Chang was not a fool, so he could tell that Huo Yingdong had something to say, but he did not say anything. As Huo Yingdong said, nothing had been decided yet, so he said calmly, "On behalf of the Shenzhen Municipal Government and Mayor Zeng, I welcome you."

At this point, it seemed that the next thing to say was some polite words, so Lu Shaohua interrupted appropriately and said, "Mr. Huo, it seems that you have become wordy. Let's go, let's go visit other places."

On the surface, Lu Shaohua seemed a bit disrespectful, but considering his relationship with Ho Ying-tung, it seemed that saying this was no big deal.

That's right, Huo Yingdong didn't take it seriously, he smiled and said, "Yes, I'm old and long-winded, haha! Let's go, visiting the base is the most important thing!"

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Ho Ying-tung wasted quite a bit of time in the reception room. Seeing that it was almost four o'clock, everyone did not stay for long and quickened their pace. They took the elevator from the 15th floor back to the 1st floor, and then, led by Chu Lei, the person in charge of the base, they began the actual tour.

In accordance with the wishes of Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing, the first stop of the tour was the automobile factory. Chu Lei took the lead and led everyone through the main building to several buildings on the left side of the base, and then began to introduce them.

"Everyone! The building in front of you is the main building of Phoenix Automobile's factory. The main building is mainly used for development work, and the one behind it is the real factory building. Do you want to visit the main building or the manufacturing plant first?"

"Well, I think we should look at the main building first, and we can look at the manufacturing plant later. What do you think?" Ho Ying-tung just nodded at Chu Lei, but did not answer him. Instead, he first sought the opinions of Li Jiacheng and others.

"Well, let's take a look at the main building first. It's the brain of Phoenix Automobile!" Director Zhang said with a smile.

When someone raised an opinion, someone else would agree with it. Soon, Li Jiacheng and another director named Chen both nodded to show their agreement with Director Zhang's opinion.

The three of them agreed with him, and Huo Yingdong said nothing more. He turned to Chu Lei and said, "Let's go to the main building first."

"Well, everyone, please come in!" Chu Lei said and made a 'please' gesture.

Lu Shaohua said nothing. He was just a visitor at this time, not the chairman of Phoenix Group. He nodded and followed Huo Yingdong and others into the main building with curiosity. The reason for his curiosity was that Lu Shaohua had not been here since the early days of the construction of this base, and this was his first visit. That's why he didn't say anything because he had no right to speak.

Lu Chang is different from Lu Shaohua. He is now an accompanying official of Shenzhen City, so naturally he cannot say much. Even though he has visited this main building before, he cannot say much. Instead, he acts as if he has never been there, as if he is revisiting an old place.

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